Happy Easter Sunday!
Can you believe it’s already Easter… and April?
This year hasn’t stopped flying by since the clock struck 12 on January 1st. Don’t you feel it?
And to be honest, I feel like all I write about these days is how little time I have, and how quickly the year has been going. And for that, I’m sorry, because I actually can’t imagine anything worse than listening to that ramble every few blog posts.
But I guess I’m at it again. Sorry for the ramble.
I actually wanted to have a little Sunday life chat. A few life updates for you. When I decided on my blog rebrand, I wanted to spend my Sunday blog posts talking lifestyle. I decided Sundays were for lifestyle, Tuesdays for travel, Wednesdays and Thursdays for whatever I felt like, and Photo Diaries on Friday. I think it’s a good rhythm, but with all our travel I know I haven’t kept to it. It’s disappointing because I’ve felt like I’ve had some cracking ideas lately – I just haven’t popped them into posts and onto the blog.
So in the spirit of getting back into my Sunday mode, I wanted to share my life updates with you. Specifically, I wanted to share how happy I’ve been feeling since moving out of London. It’s been so incredibly temporary. And as my friend Jaye said to me “have you even really been in Southampton at all?”
I’ve absolutely been “on the road” as of late and my social media life has shown very little of my newfound outside of London living. So in a way, she’s right. I’ve barely been there. But I just haven’t been there on social media.
My new reality is a little different. I’ve been waking up in the mornings and going running first thing. I can actually breathe in the air and not feel like I’m filling my lungs with toxins. And I’ve finally conquered the treacherous hill that’s been defeating me all week long.
I catch up on the news, what my friends are up to. Start to draft blog posts. I edit photos. We head out for food shops (SO EASY WITH A CAR YOU GUYS). Spend time with Joe’s family. And we sip on wine in the evenings.
Being outside of the day to day of London has actually made me… happy? Joe said it to me yesterday. That he hasn’t seen me smile so much and was surprised at how well I was adjusting.
I think the first week was tough. It really was. I didn’t cope well. I felt like my independence of hopping on a tube or wandering out the front door and into the city was gone.
But now I’m really starting to get into it. I’m starting to enjoy the mental space and clarity that I’ve been missing from my life for so long. I first lost that sense of clarity after years at my old job. I’d already improved drastically since leaving the full-time daily grind. And now that we’re out of London… well, I think the best is yet to come.
Kelly xox